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Made in Kenya, Changing the World: VacciBox Named Finalist for Prestigious Global Award
  • Richard Kamau
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A Kenyan solar-powered invention is taking the world by storm as it transforms vaccine delivery in the most remote of communities. The VacciBox, created by social enterprise Drop Access, has just been unveiled as a finalist in one of the world’s most prestigious awards for innovation and sustainability, the 2026 Zayed Sustainability Prize.
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Strategies for context-aware, energy-efficient and scalable healthcare solutions
  • SEforALL / CLASP
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Medical appliances are essential for healthcare delivery, yet their performance is often compromised in resource-constrained settings. In SSA, healthcare facilities face high rates of equipment underutilization, driven not only by limited electricity access but also by the unsuitability of medical devices for low-resource environments.
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Zimbabwe: 192 health institutions solarised in Manicaland
  • The Manica Post
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In a significant stride towards improving healthcare service delivery, Government in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has powered up the majority of health facilities in Manicaland using clean and renewable energy. This is being done through the Solar for Health project in which 192 out of 214.
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Clean water helps patients in rural, drought-stricken Malawi
  • reliefweb
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In March 2024, Malawi declared a State of Disaster in 23 of its 28 districts due to severe drought caused by El Niño. A solar-powered water system installed by UNICEF with funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has made safe water more accessible for women and children here – sorely needed in drought-stricken Malawi.
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Benin Moves Closer to Solar-Powered Rural Healthcare with Regional Backing
  • News Ghana
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Benin’s push aligns with regional efforts to leverage renewable energy as a tool for development. If scaled, the ROGEAP framework could serve as a blueprint for electrifying schools, clinics, and other public institutions across West Africa, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and unstable grids.
Electricity as medicine: Hidden costs of providing healthcare in darkness
  • Waliat Musa and Ijeoma Nwanosike
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For over three months, Nigeria’s premier teaching hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, grappled with an unprecedented power crisis that disrupted surgeries, paralysed diagnostic services, and turned the once-revered facility into a dark abyss.
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Nigeria: EU powers 25 Plateau health centres with solar energy
  • TV 360 Nigeria
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The European Union has announced the launch of solar projects to ensure that healthcare facilities in Plateau State have uninterrupted access to reliable electricity for medical equipment, thereby improving healthcare services for local communities.